Reykjavik or St. Anton?

2,714 km apart, in Iceland and Austria. Each is scored month by month on the same ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. This is where they part, and when.

• ReykjavikIceland · best Apr, Jul, Aug
• St. AntonAustria · best Mar, Apr, Jul

Month by month

• Sweet spot
• Good
• OK
• Avoid
• Busy

Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high and its rainy days ("11d": days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them). The pick goes to the better verdict; with the same verdict, to the higher score, unless the two are within a whisker of each other, when it is either. A month both would avoid is neither. A dot marks a busy month.

Before you go

• Cost of living — Reykjavik: not measured; St. Anton: moderate, about 82% of the United States.
• Currency — Reykjavik: Icelandic króna; St. Anton: Q4916.
• Plugs — Reykjavik: type C and F, 230 V; St. Anton: type C and F, 230 V.
• Driving — Reykjavik: on the right; St. Anton: on the right.
• Travel advice — Reykjavik: no advice against travel; St. Anton: no advice against travel.

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival in Reykjavik

• Apps — Rides: Hopp. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Messenger. There is no Uber or Lyft; the Hopp app books licensed taxis in Reykjavík and at Keflavík airport.
• Paying — Cards are accepted almost everywhere, including taxis, petrol stations and remote guesthouses, so you need little or no cash.
• UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
• Getting around Reykjavik — Tap a contactless Visa or Mastercard on Strætó buses for an adult fare; with the same card you pay for no more than 3 rides a day or 9 a week. Or buy a ticket in the Klappið app and scan it on board.
• Tipping — Not practised; thank good service in words instead.
• Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
  TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

On arrival in St. Anton

• Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
• Paying — Debit and credit cards work in most shops in Vienna, even for small sums, but Austria is cash-minded and some shops and cafés still take cash only.
• UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
• Tipping — About 5 to 10% in restaurants and cafés, added as you pay, in cash or on the card; check the bill first. Taxi drivers are usually tipped too, though it is not required.
• Emergency — 112 (any emergency) · police 133 · ambulance 144 · fire 122.
  TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

Between them

2,714 km as the crow flies, about 4h 14m in the air.

The flight time is estimated from the distance. A nonstop or a road is named only where a record has it — nonstop routes from Wikipedia's airport articles (CC BY-SA 4.0), roads from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT — and none of it is a fare; the searches on each destination's page are where prices live.

Also compared

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• Reykjavik or Dublin
• Reykjavik or Frankfurt
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• Reykjavik or London
• Reykjavik or Madrid

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. The comparison is the difference between two pages, not a third opinion.